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2012 No. 1320 (C. 48)

Criminal Law

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 28 and Saving Provisions) Order 2012

Made

17th May 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 330(4) and 336(3) and (4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(1):

Citation, extent and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 28 and Saving Provisions) Order 2012.

(2) This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.

(3) In this Order—

“the 1980 Act” means the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(2);

“the 1996 Act” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996(3);

“the 1998 Act” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(4);

“the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Provisions coming into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made

2.  The following provisions of the 2003 Act come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made—

(a)section 41 (allocation of offences triable either way, and sending cases to Crown Court), so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (b);

(b)in Schedule 3 (allocation of cases triable either way, and sending cases to the Crown Court etc)—

(i)paragraph 15 (amendments to the 1998 Act);

(ii)paragraph 20(1) and (2) (regulations relating to service of prosecution evidence where persons are sent for trial).

Provisions coming into force on 18th June 2012

3.  The following provisions of the 2003 Act come into force on 18th June 2012—

(a)section 41, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (d);

(b)section 331 (further minor and consequential amendments), so far as it relates to paragraph 4 of Schedule 36 to the 2003 Act (minor and consequential amendments relating to bail);

(c)section 332 (repeals), so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (f);

(d)in Schedule 3—

(i)paragraph 1 (amendments to the 1980 Act);

(ii)paragraph 14 (repealing restriction on justices sitting after dealing with bail);

(iii)paragraph 19(1) and (2)(a) (restrictions on reporting of allocation or sending proceedings), except so far as paragraph 19(1) would insert section 52B(4) of the 1998 Act;

(iv)paragraph 53 (reports of proceedings which are to be treated as published contemporaneously);

(e)in Schedule 36, paragraph 4;

(f)in Schedule 37 (repeals)—

(i)in Part 2, the entry relating to the Senior Courts Act 1981(5);

(ii)in Part 4, the entry relating to section 42 of the 1980 Act.

Provisions coming into force on 18th June 2012 in certain local justice areas and the Crown Court for certain purposes

4.—(1) The following provisions of the 2003 Act come into force on 18th June 2012 in relation to the relevant local justice areas—

(a)section 41, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (c);

(b)section 332, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (d);

(c)Schedule 3(6), so far as it is not already in force, other than—

(i)paragraph 19(1), so far as it would insert section 52B(4) of the 1998 Act;

(ii)paragraph 19(2)(b);

(iii)paragraph 57(2) (amendment of section 7A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985(7));

(iv)paragraph 66(4), so far as it would omit paragraph (a) of the modified section 3(8) of the 1996 Act (initial duty of prosecutor to disclose);

(v)paragraphs 70 and 71(d) (extending to Northern Ireland reporting restrictions for applications for dismissal);

(d)Part 4 of Schedule 37(8), so far as it is not already in force, other than the entry relating to paragraph (a) of the modified section 3(8) of the 1996 Act.

(2) The relevant local justice areas are: Bath and Wansdyke; Berkshire; Bristol; Liverpool and Knowsley; North Avon; North Hampshire; North Somerset; Ormskirk; Sefton; St Helens; Wigan and Leigh; and Wirral.

(3) The provisions specified in paragraph (1) are also to come into force on 18th June 2012 in relation to the Crown Court where it deals with—

(a)a person sent for trial by a magistrates’ court in a relevant local justice area;

(b)a person committed for sentence by a magistrates’ court in a relevant local justice area.

Saving provisions relating to article 4

5.—(1) The amendments coming into force by virtue of article 4 are to have no effect in relation to an offence (“the relevant offence”) if condition 1 or 2 is satisfied in respect of that offence.

(2) Condition 1 is satisfied if a person first appeared in respect of the relevant offence before 18th June 2012.

(3) Condition 2 is satisfied if—

(a)a person first appears in respect of the relevant offence on or after 18th June 2012,

(b)the relevant offence is related to an offence which is triable only on indictment (“the indictable-only offence”), and

(c)the person who is charged with the indictable-only offence first appeared in respect of that offence before 18th June 2012.

(4) For the purposes of this article—

(a)a person (“A”) first appears in respect of an offence where A appears or is brought before a magistrates’ court for the first time in the proceedings in respect of the offence with which A is charged;

(b)a relevant offence is related to an indictable-only offence if, were a magistrates’ court to apply section 51 of the 1998 Act as it was in force immediately before 18th June 2012, that court would be required to send the person charged with the relevant offence to the Crown Court for trial for that offence, or could do so.

Other saving provisions

6.—(1) The amendments to paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the 1998 Act (regulations)(9), coming into force by virtue of article 2, do not affect the power to make regulations under that paragraph in relation to a person sent for trial under section 51 of the 1998 Act before the substitution of that section made by the 2003 Act is fully in force in relation to the whole of England and Wales.

(2) The amendment substituting section 4(3)(b) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981(10), coming into force by virtue of article 3(d)(iv), is to have no effect in the case of a report of committal proceedings.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Crispin Blunt

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

17th May 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (“the 2003 Act”).

Article 2 brings into force provisions of the 2003 Act on the day after the day on which the Order is made. These provisions relate to the Attorney General’s power to make regulations under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (“the 1998 Act”) on the service of prosecution evidence where persons are sent for trial.

Article 3 brings into force provisions of the 2003 Act on 18th June 2012. These provisions—

  • repeal the restriction on justices of the peace sitting after dealing with bail (see paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to the 2003 Act);

  • set out reporting restrictions concerning allocation or sending proceedings (see paragraphs 19 and 53 of Schedule 3 to the 2003 Act);

  • make minor and consequential amendments relating to bail (see paragraph 4 of Schedule 36 to the 2003 Act).

Article 4 brings into force most of the remaining paragraphs in Schedule 3 to the 2003 Act on 18th June 2012 in relation to certain local justice areas and the Crown Court for certain purposes. These paragraphs in particular—

  • amend the provisions by which a magistrates’ court decides on the mode of trial for adults charged with an offence which is triable either on indictment or summarily (“either-way offences”) (paragraphs 5 to 8);

  • modify the provisions by which children and young persons are ordinarily tried summarily for an offence which is triable on indictment, subject to certain exceptions (paragraph 9);

  • introduce provisions by which children and young persons may indicate intention as to plea in certain cases (paragraph 10);

  • substitute for the provisions in the 1998 Act which deal with the sending to the Crown Court of adults charged with offences triable only on indictment (“indictable-only offences”) and certain related offences, new provisions which permit sending to the Crown Court in a wider range of circumstances, including either-way offences (which generally, at present, reach the Crown Court by way of committal proceedings), certain offences involving children and young persons and certain cases involving serious or complex fraud or which involve children as witnesses (paragraph 18);

  • make amendments which concern magistrates’ courts’ powers to commit for sentence on summary trial of either-way offences (paragraphs 21 to 28);

  • make minor and consequential amendments, including repealing the provisions in the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) relating to committal proceedings for either-way offences (paragraph 51).

Article 5 contains saving provisions concerning the provisions brought into force by article 4. The saving provisions provide rules for circumstances in which a person appears or is brought before a magistrates’ court when he or she had a first appearance concerning that offence before commencement or where someone first appeared on a related indictable-only offence before commencement.

Article 6 contains other saving provisions. These relate to the Attorney General’s power to make regulations relating to the service of prosecution evidence and to preserve the effect of section 4(3)(b) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49), as it was in force before commencement, where this is still needed for reports of committal proceedings.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Sections 1 and 220.1.20042004/81
Section 329.1.20042004/82
Section 420.1.20042004/81
Section 5 (partially)1.8.20042004/1867
Section 5 so far as not already in force1.12.20052005/3055
Sections 6 to 820.1.20042004/81
Section 95.4.20042004/829
Section 105.4.20042004/829
Section 135.4.20042004/829
Section 14 (partially)1.1.20072006/3217
Section 15 (partially)

5.4.2004

1.1.2007

2004/829

2006/3217

Sections 16 and 175.4.20042004/829
Section 184.4.20052005/950
Sections 19 to 215.4.20042004/829
Sections 22 to 243.7.20042004/1629
Section 2529.1.20042004/81
Sections 26 and 27 (partially)3.7.20042004/1629
Section 27 so far as not already in force15.10.20092009/2775
Section 28

29.1.2004

3.7.2004

1.10.2007

2004/81

2004/1629

2007/2874

Sections 29 and 30 (partially)

25.7.2007

9.6.2008

1.11.2009

1.1.2011

6.9.11

3.9.11

19.3.12

2007/1999

2008/1424

2009/2879

2010/3005

2011/2188

2011/2188

2012/825

Section 3129.1.20042004/81
Section 32 (partially)

4.4.2005

15.7.2005

2005/950

2005/1817

Section 33 (partially)

4.4.2005

24.7.2006

15.7.2005

2005/950

2006/1835

2005/1817

Section 341.5.20102010/1183
Sections 36 to 38 and 39 (partially)

4.4.2005

15.7.2005

1.5.2010

2005/950

2005/1817

2010/1183

Section 405.4.20042004/829
Section 41 (partially)

4.4.2005

9.5.2005

2005/950

2005/1267

Section 4222.1.20042004/81
Sections 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 (partially)24.7.20062006/1835
Section 4929.1.20042004/81
Section 50 (partially)8.1.20072006/3422
Sections 51 to 54

7.12.2007

26.4.2010

2007/3451

2010/1183

Section 55

29.1.2004

26.4.2010

2004/81

2010/1183

Section 567.12.20072007/3451
Sections 57 to 61 and 67 to 724.4.20052005/950
Section 7329.1.20042004/81
Sections 74 to 924.4.20052005/950
Section 9329.1.20042004/81
Sections 94 and 954.4.20052005/950
Section 977.3.20052005/373
Sections 98 to 11015.12.20042004/3033
Section 11129.1.042004/81
Section 11215.12.20042004/3033
Section 1131.1.20052004/3033
Sections 114 to 131 and 133 to 1364.4.20052005/950
Sections 139 to 1415.4.20042004/829
Sections 142 to 150, 152, 153 and 156 to 1574.4.20052005/950
Sections 158 and 159 (partially)7.3.20052005/373
Sections 158 to 159 so far as not already in force, 160 and 162 to 1664.4.20052005/950
Sections 167 and 168 (partially) and 169 to 17327.2.20042004/81
Section 174 (partially)5.4.20042004/829
Section 174 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 1754.4.20052005/950
Section 1765.4.20042004/829
Section 1774.4.20052005/950
Section 1787.3.20052005/373
Sections 179 and 1804.4.20052005/950
Sections 182 to 18726.1.20042003/3282
Sections 189 to 1944.4.20052005/950
Section 195 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 195 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 196 (partially)

26.1.2004

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/950

Section 197 (partially)

26.1.2004

7.3.2005

2003/3282

2005/373

Section 197 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Sections 198 to 199 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Sections 198 to 199 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 200 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 200 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 201 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 201 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 202 (partially)

26.1.2004

7.3.2005

2003/3282

2005/373

Section 202 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 203 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 203 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 204 (partially)

26.1.2004

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/950

Section 205 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 205 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 213 (partially)

26.1.2004

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/950

Section 214 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 214 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 215

26.1.2004

7.3.2005

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/373

2005/950

Section 216 (partially)

26.1.2004

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/950

Section 217

26.1.2004

7.3.2005

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/373

2005/950

Section 218 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 219 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 221 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 221 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 222 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 222 so far as not already in force7.3.20052005/373
Section 223 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 223 so far as not already in force7.3.20052005/373
Sections 224 to 2364.4.20052005/950
Section 237 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 237 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 2384.4.20052005/950
Section 239 (partially)

26.1.2004

7.3.2005

2003/3282

2005/373

Section 240 (partially)7.3.20052005/373
Section 240 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 241 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 241 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Sections 242 to 2434.4.20052005/950
Section 244 (partially)

26.1.2004

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/950

Section 245 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 246 (partially)

26.1.2004

7.3.2005

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/373

2005/950

Section 2474.4.20052005/950
Section 248 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 248 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 249 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 249 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 250 (partially)

26.1.2004

7.3.2005

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/373

2005/950

Sections 251 to 252 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 252 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 253 (partially)

26.1.2004

7.3.2005

2003/3282

2005/373

Sections 254 to 256 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Sections 254 to 256 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 257 (partially)

26.1.2004

7.3.2005

2003/3282

2005/373

Section 257 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 259 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 259 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 260 (partially)7.3.20052005/373
Section 260 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 2614.4.20052005/950
Section 26214.6.20042004/829
Section 263 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 263 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 264 (partially)

26.1.2004

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2005/950

Section 265 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 265 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 2677.3.20052005/373
Section 268 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 268 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 2784.4.20052005/950
Section 2791.12.20042004/3033
Section 28429.1.20042004/81
Section 28527.2.20042004/81
Section 28629.1.20042004/81
Sections 287 to 29322.1.20042004/81
Sections 294 to 29720.1.20042004/81
Section 2991.5.20042004/829
Section 3007.3.20052005/373
Section 3017.3.20052005/373
Section 302 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 302 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 303 (partially)4.4.20052005/950
Section 304 (partially)

26.1.2004

22.1.2004

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2004/81

2005/950

Section 305 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Section 305 so far as not already in force4.4.20052005/950
Section 30620.1.20042004/81
Section 30721.7.20052005/1817
Sections 308 to 3124.4.20052005/950
Sections 313 and 3141.9.20042004/1629
Section 3154.4.20052005/950
Sections 316 and 3171.9.20042004/1629
Section 3181.9.20042004/1629
Section 3194.4.20052005/950
Section 32020.1.20042004/81
Section 3215.4.20042004/829
Sections 322 and 3231.5.20042004/829
Section 32427.2.20042004/81
Sections 325 to 3275.4.20042004/829
Section 328

29.1.2004

6.4.2006

1.4.2008

2004/81

2006/751

2008/694

Section 32920.1.20042004/81
Section 331 (partially)

5.4.2004

1.9.2004

15.12.2004

1.1.2005

4.4.2005

15.7.2005

24.7.2006

8.1.2007

1.10.2007

2004/829

2004/1629

2004/2033

2004/2033

2005/950

2005/1817

2006/1835

2006/3422

2007/2874

Section 332 (partially)

20.1.2004

29.1.2004

27.2.2004

5.4.2004

15.12.2004

4.4.2005

15.7.2005

6.4.2006

2004/81

2004/81

2004/81

2004/829

2004/3033

2005/950

2005/1817

2006/751

Section 333

27.2.2004

4.4.2005

2004/81

2005/950

Schedule 120.1.20042004/81
Schedule 2

29.1.2004

3.7.2004

1.10.2007

2004/81

2004/1629

2007/2874

Schedule 3 (partially)

4.4.2005

9.5.2005

2005/950

2005/1267

Schedule 54.4.20052005/950
Schedule 61.1.20052004/3033
Schedules 7 to 94.4.20052005/950
Schedule 10 (partially)26.1.20042003/3282
Schedules 12 and 134.4.20052005/950
Schedule 1426.1.20042003/3282
Schedules 15 to 184.4.20052005/950
Schedule 1926.1.20042003/3282
Schedule 2014.6.20042004/829
Schedule 234.4.20052005/950
Schedule 241.12.20042004/3033
Schedule 2829.1.20042004/81
Schedule 2922.1.20042004/81
Schedule 301.5.20042004/829
Schedule 317.3.20052005/373
Schedule 32 (partially)

26.1.2004

22.1.2004

4.4.2005

2003/3282

2004/81

2005/950

Schedule 335.4.20042004/829
Schedule 3427.2.20042004/81
Schedule 35 (partially)

29.1.2004

6.4.2006

1.4.2008

2004/81

2006/751

2008/694

Schedule 36 (partially)

5.4.2004

1.9.2004

15.12.2004

1.1.2005

4.4.2005

15.7.2005

24.7.2006

1.1.2007

8.1.2007

1.10.2007

2004/829

2004/1629

2004/2033

2004/2033

2005/950

2005/1817

2006/1835

2006/3217

2006/3422

2007/2874

Schedule 37 (partially)

20.1.2004

29.1.2004

27.2.2004

5.4.2004

15.12.2004

4.4.2005

15.7.2005

6.4.2006

2004/81

2004/81

2004/81

2004/829

2004/3033

2005/950

2005/1817

2006/751

Schedule 38

27.2.2004

4.4.2005

2004/81

2005/950

(6)

Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 59(5) and Schedule 11, paragraph 1(2), the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), section 378(2) and Schedule 17, and the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), sections 53 and 149 and Schedules 13 and 28. Provisions substituted or inserted by Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 have also been amended: section 19 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) is amended by the Armed Forces Act 2006, section 378(1) and Schedule 16, paragraph 88 and the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), section 177(1) and Schedule 21, paragraph 80; section 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) is amended by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), sections 49 and 65 and Schedule 1, paragraph 5 and Schedule 5; section 51B of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), section 50(6) and Schedule 4, paragraph 69; paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended by the Armed Forces Act 2006, section 378(1) and Schedule 16, paragraph 155 and the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, section 177(1) and Schedule 21, paragraph 81.

(8)

Part 4 of Schedule 37 was amended by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), sections 148(1) and 149 and Schedule 26, paragraphs 59 and 77 and Schedule 28.

(9)

Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 was amended by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), sections 67(1) and 106 and Schedule 15.

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